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penny-pinched

penny-pinched is the simple past and past participle of penny-pinch.

Meaning of penny-pinch

Verb

penny-pinch (third-person singular simple present penny-pinches, present participle penny-pinching, simple past and past participle penny-pinched)

  1. To be very parsimonious or stingy.

Questions about penny-pinched

What is penny-pinched the simple past and past participle of?
Penny-pinched is the simple past and past participle of penny-pinch.

Words near penny-pinched in the dictionary

  1. penny-in-the-slot machine
  2. penny-in-the-slot machines
  3. penny-pig
  4. penny-pigs
  5. penny-pinch
  6. penny-pinched
  7. penny-pincher
  8. penny-pinchers
  9. penny-pinches
  10. penny-pinching
  11. penny-pinchings

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Adapted from Wiktionary: penny-pinched (page history and authors); penny-pinch (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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